What's that thing they say about a rose by any other name?

Chapter 19: A Tooth For a Tooth

Three weeks later

Yumie's P.O.V:

I was watching the reaction between Lumine and Alhaitham next to her while Azar told them his big plan of turning Scaramouche into their next Archon from behind a wall. What a fool. I rolled my eyes and looked at the bracelet in a golden snake before gently rubbing it; I saw my pregnant belly disappearing with only snake scales around the area. I was lucky that Omega helped me hide my pregnant belly with this damn bracelet. I look back and see Alhaitham dropping the forbidden Knowledge on the floor in a rage before I chuckle softly and walk out of my hiding spot.

"Now, this is quite the sight. I didn't expect you to lose your temper so quickly, Alhaitham. Then again, Why am I not surprised?"

"Did you know about this, Yumie?!"

"Know that Azar is nothing but a cruel man stuck in his old ways or that I helped My Father with this plan? You know better than I never to let your emotions get the better of you." I let out a dark chuckle, and he tried to attack me, but the guards quickly grabbed him and put him in cuffs. I sighed and watched the guards take him and Lumine away before they looked back at me, and I put my hand near my mouth to hold back my laughter. Oh, this is going to be fun.

"As for you, Yumie, you will join him for your crimes of plotting against the akademiya. Your reign ends here."

"My Reign has just begun, Azar."

I snap my fingers, and a few of the sages hold their heads in pain with rose thorn crowns around their head and black mambas around their neck. Azar looks at the sages in fear before I walk past him and chuckle darkly. He looks at me with fear in his eyes, and I look back at him before five of my snakes bite his arms; he holds his arms in pain as I see his face, full of fear and panic. He knows how dangerous my snakes are and what their bites can do.

"You know what I hate about you the most, Azar? You think of your own Archon as a weak little brat. But the Traveler knew about our plans only because of her and your cockiness. You may think I am nothing but a monster, but news flash. I am only a monster when I have to be. You are nothing but an old fool."

I walk out of Sumeru City towards the Chinvat Ravine and smile while humming softly, and I gently touch the stone down the path. I look up to see the many birds flying away and feel the sun on my face. It's time. I started running towards the hidden path towards Joururi Workshop, and my snakes hissed loudly before I turned to look up with wide eyes to see Lumine and Nahida coming down the known way to Jouuri Workshop. Shit! Not now! I ran into the backdoor of the workshop and towards where Scaramouch was. I started banging on the double door, and Scaramouch opened the doors, making me run inside. We can't have this plan ruined because of that old basterd! I grabbed my swords next to the platform, with Scaramouche looking at me before I saw the snake scales on my arms and heard his voice in my head.

'You have to stay calm. You knew that Azar would do this... Yumie, what will happen if we fail?'

I look at him, and he looks at me before I walk to him and he opens the hand of his machine as I get on it, and he lifts it to his shoulder. I got on his shoulder, and he moved his hand away before I sat on the shoulder, and my snake hissed loudly.

'We won't fail.'

'But if we do?'

'I don't know... Kunikuzushi. Your name is still so fucking weird. You know, I used to hate you, Midget. But now... I think we're close to frenemies.'

I smiled sadly and let out a soft whistle before Kunikuzushi sighed and let out that same soft whistle. We learned to let the other one know it was okay with a whistle. But this may be the last time. I still remember the first month I got here, and I stopped the sages from pulling him apart recklessly when he told me the truth about who I am.